About 1 in 20 people in the world get malaria. It causes about 1 million deaths each year.

Nearly all of the people who die from malaria live in areas where malaria is common.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
White NJ.
Malaria.
In: Cook GC, Zumla AI (editors). Manson's tropical diseases. 21st edition. Saunders, London, UK; 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

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About 25,000 travelers get malaria each year.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
Wellems TE, Miller LH.
Two worlds of malaria.
New England Journal of Medicine. 2003; 349: 1496-1498.

 

 

 

 

 

² At least 150 of them die from the disease. Malaria is becoming more widespread. More than 100 countries now have malaria.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
World Health Organization.
International travel and health.
Available at http://www.who.int/ith/en/index.html (accessed on 17 December 2008).

 

 

 

 

 

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You are more likely to get malaria if you are pregnant. If you do, you are more likely to be seriously ill and you could have a miscarriage.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
Suh KN, Keystone JS.
Malaria prophylaxis in pregnancy and children.
Infectious Disease and Clinical Practice. 1996; 5: 541-546.

 

 

 

 

 

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